Given the global situation right now, you can hazard a guess that the main topic on the agenda is the failure of financial institutions. Moreover, this is the source of anger for many people, who saw their investments dwindle away to worthless equity. With redundancies and the jobless count rising at a steep climb, the average Joe Bloggs have every reason to be angry at the government. It begs the question whether any of these leaders foresaw what was happening, and just sat back to reap as much money as humanly possible before the bubble burst.

Of course, the gravity of the situation introduces a blame culture, and anyone remotely tied into banking institutions, or stock brokers, are being head hunted literally. I don’t mean this in the recruitment sense either. Death threats have been issued to employees at AIG in Connecticut, with more likely to follow. The public will not be satisfied until said head is claimed and sitting on a silver platter. The emphasis is that someone has to pay for financial failure and the witch-hunt has begun.

So here we are with the G20, it is make or break time for Gordon Brown with his political career. He can perhaps strike a “coup d’état” on all his doubters, but with so many differences in viewpoint with the countries involved I would be very surprised if anything substantial is achieved. The G20 is being held at the London Docklands, Excel Centre and no doubt security will be very tight. The protest being held today, will start at the Victoria Embankment and then finish in Hyde Park. Many children are involved in this peaceful march, I guess ultimately the children are the ones who will suffer the most as they will be the inheritors of what happens over the next 5 to 10 years.

Coincidentally, the Excel Centre is also the venue for the London MCM Expo, which I will be going to in May. A much more light-hearted event than the G20, nevertheless the Cosplay Ball could be cancelled and a booze up at a local hotel is arranged instead. But I am sure there will still be cosplayers at the show. The thought of having a pint or two with Sephiroth and the Sailor Moon girls sounds splendid.

G20 Protest March route - London

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